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"But what will he think? how strange it will seem!" said Madeline, the colour once more visiting her cheek, which a moment since had been blanched as pale as death. "Is this a time for scruples and ceremony?" said Ellinor. "Come! I entreat you, come; if you linger thus, the man may take courage and attack us yet. There! that's right! Is the pain very great?"
"Fancy that now!" said Madeline resignedly. "There's certainly no accounting for tastes." "I should think not," declared Katherine hotly. "If my father was elected President, I'd stay on and graduate with 19 just the same." "Of course you would," agreed Babbie. "You can come out in Washington any time or if you can't, it doesn't matter much. But there's only one 19 ."
He then advanced to the stranger, and after a conversation that lasted but a minute, the latter bowed, and, turning away, soon vanished among the shrubs. Aram, regaining the side of Madeline, explained, in answer to her startled inquiries, that the man, whom he had known well some fourteen years ago, had again come to ask for his help, and he supposed that he would again have to aid him.
Just as Helen's train pulled in Bob appeared with the rest of the "Merry Hearts" as escort and a small boy to help with her luggage; and they had a minute all together. "Well," said Madeline lightly, "we're starting out into the wide, wide world at last. I'll say it because I'm used to starting off to queer places and I rather like it."
"Except for Dick," Ellery exploded. "Except for Dick," Mr. Lenox echoed. "It's a great pity," Mrs. Lenox meditated, "that Dick can't knock her down and then they could start again on a proper basis." "It is a disadvantage to be a gentleman," laughed her husband. "Vera," said Madeline impulsively, "you won't let this make any difference between us and Mrs. Percival?
It seemed to be a safe bet that not only Lewis and Doctor Murray had joined him, but that Madeline Hargrave and Mina Leitch, who had had a successful season and some spare thousands to invest, might have gone in, too.
I guess the devil or the angels were on my side. I swept everything, made about three hundred dollars in all. The fellows paid up and I banked the stuff and mailed Madeline a check for the whole amount the first thing. I don't know what would have happened if I had lost instead of winning. I didn't think about that. A true gambler never does I reckon.
There was an instant of pause, and then the crashing of a skull was heard, and the confusion was greater than before, and shrieks, and groans, and curses, and supplications rent the air. The first single shriek came from Madeline de Haldimar, and vibrated through every chord of the heart on which it sank.
FEJEVARY: I should think you would have a little emotion about the war about America when you consider where your brother is. MADELINE: Fred had all kinds of reasons for going to France. He wanted a trip. Heavens, Fred didn't make speeches about himself. Wanted to see Paris poor kid, he never did see Paris. Wanted to be with a lot of fellows knock the Kaiser's block off end war, get a French girl.
Sir Peregrine Orme, his grandson, Madeline Stavely, Mr. Furnival, Mr. Chaffanbrass, and the commercial gentlemen, are all good. The hunting is good. The lawyer's talk is good. Mr. Moulder carves his turkey admirably, and Mr. Kantwise sells his tables and chairs with spirit. I do not know that there is a dull page in the book.
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